The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New YorkClassic · History, Biography, Nonfiction
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
1974 · 1296 pages · Nonfiction
69
Classic
★ 4.53 on Goodreads · 32K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 32 hours to read · about 9 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction list. 4.53★ from 32K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
69Must-Read Score
- Readers99 out of 100 · counts 40%+46
- Critics59 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+21
- Bestseller15 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #23 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #32 of the 154 history books we rank
- #45 of the 520 classics we rank
- #126 of the 1,405 books we rank
On the lists
- Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction
Reads as
True story
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